States rights to…(fill in the blank here) 😉
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Imperious_melange@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It was about states rights /s.
Broadfern@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Imperious_melange@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Just for reference the /s is an internet wide symbol for sarcasm aka I’m joking. Near its peak (1860) about 1.4% of Americans owned slaves. In the states where slavery was legal, approximately 25% of all white households owned at least one enslaved person, and in the Deep South, this figure approached 50%. So yeah states rights to own slaves.
Broadfern@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You’re good lol I was just riffing. I appreciate the sincere explanation though /gen /pos 😄
SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 5 days ago
In part, it was about states’ rights. Except, the South was opposed. It forced northern States to enforce its laws with the Fugitive Slave Act. The northern states’ insistence on their right to abolish slavery within their own borders was one of the big factors in the South seceding.